Business Resources:
State and National Business Links

Vermont Resources

• Micro Business Development Program website http://www.vtmicrobusiness.org
• Main website for the State of Vermont. Links to all VT departments, to the governor’s office and to the legislature http://www.state.vt.us
• Vermont Dept. of Economic Development. Offers many business resources http://www.thinkvermont.com
• Vermont Business Assistance Network http://www.dca.state.vt.us
• Doing Business in Vermont Guide. Info on incorporation and LLCs http://www.sec.state.vt.us/tutor/dobiz/dobindex.htm
• Women's Agricultural Network http://www.uvm.edu/~wagn
• Vermont Dept. of Agriculture, Food & Markets Information Center http://www.state.vt.us/agric/press.htm
• VT Dept. of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program http://www.aot.state.vt.us/CivilRights/Dbe.htm
• VermontWeb Directory. Comprehensive directory of Vermont websites http://www.vermontweb.com/
• Chamber of Commerce statewide website http://www.vtchamber.com
• Chamber of Commerce – St. Albans http://www.stalbanschamber.com/index.htm
• Chamber of Commerce – Lake Champlain Islands http://virtualvermont.com/coc/index.html/lakechamplainchamber.html
• Chamber of Commerce --Lake Champlain Regional (Burlington area) http://www.vermont.org
• Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center. Provides technical assistance to small and medium manufacturers http://www.vmec.org
• Vermont Wood Manufacturer’s Association http://www.vermontwood.com
• Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship. Provides assistance to specialty food businesses http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/index.html

National Resources

• Small Business Assistance Network (US Small Business Administration site) http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/
• Women’s Business Center (SBA) http://www.onlinewbc.gov/docs/starting
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Entrepreneurial and business resources
  http://www.doc.gov/eda/html/2b1a_entrepbus.htm#EntrepenEd
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture home page http://www.usda.gov/